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** [[spoiler:Ted is such an unlikable {{Jerkass}} that it’s weirdly satisfying to see Mort/Shooter beat him to death with a shovel.]]
** [[spoiler:To a mildly lesser extent, Amy, a BitchInSheepsClothing who refuses to take responsibility for her own actions, but seemed to care about Mort’s wellbeing to some extent.]]
** [[spoiler:Ted is such an unlikable {{Jerkass}} that it’s weirdly satisfying to see Mort/Shooter beat him to death with a shovel.]]
** [[spoiler:To a mildly lesser extent, Amy, a BitchInSheepsClothing who refuses to take responsibility for her own actions, but seemed to care about Mort’s wellbeing to some extent.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Amy often acts as though she’s worried about Mort and seems like she regrets cheating on him and divorcing him. However, she refuses to take responsibility for her actions, acting like her infidelity was justified by their marriage being dead (according to her) and only checks in on Mort as a way to manipulate him into signing the divorce papers so she doesn’t have to deal with him. That said, her concern for Mort is somewhat genuine, though her desire to get him out of her life is greater, [[spoiler:which likely helps Shooter take control of Mort.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst:Not a slasher movie, but still fits [[spoiler:Ken Karsch is the trope.first person that Shooter kills, though a flashback shows Tom Greenleaf died only a few seconds after.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:After Mort murders his ex-wife and her lover, he succesfully disposes of the bodies. He continues to live in the town while the locals are terrified of him and gets away with his crimes because the police can't prove anything without solid evidence, but the sherrif makes it pretty clear that he damn well knows what Mort did.]]
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Mort when he [[spoiler:finds out that Shooter isn't a real person, and was he split personality.]]
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Mort when he [[spoiler:finds out that Shooter isn't a real person, and was he his split personality.]]
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: When is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: the killer, Sheriff Dave Newsome interrupts his nonchalant casual conversation and bluntly says in a matter of fact tone that while he can't find the bodies, he knows Mort killed Amy and Ted.]] And of course, since he's [[spoiler:a split personality murderer]], Mort is completely confused by the sheriff's out-of-nowhere comment. Also, Mort is told to stop coming into town at certain parts of the day since the locals are freaked out by him. The implications are strong, granted, but [[spoiler: the authorities still never find the bodies.]]
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: When Mort is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: the killer, Sheriff Dave Newsome interrupts his nonchalant casual conversation and bluntly says in a matter of fact tone that while he can't find the bodies, he knows Mort killed Amy and Ted.]] And of course, since he's [[spoiler:a split personality murderer]], Mort is completely confused by the sheriff's out-of-nowhere comment. Also, Mort is told to stop coming into town at certain parts of the day since the locals are freaked out by him. The implications are strong, granted, but [[spoiler: the authorities still never find the bodies.]]
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The ending of the film is completely changed from the novella, despite both keeping the reveal that [[spoiler:Mort Rainey is suffering from multiple personality disorder and is in fact his own tormentor John Shooter.]] However, it then diverges when in the film [[spoiler:Mort kills his wife and her new husband and buries them in his garden, the same ending as the novel he was writing in-universe.]] In the novella, [[spoiler:Mort does attempt to kill his wife after his SplitPersonalityTakeover but ends up getting killed instead when someone else arrives to save her. An epilogue shows her discussing Mort's mental break with her husband and hints that Shooter might be RealAfterAll.]]
* RealAfterAll: In the novella, after [[spoiler:Mort dies and Amy digs through his belongings, she finds Shooter's hat. When she returns there's a note inside from Shooter telling her that he's gone back to Mississippi. She wonders whether [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Shooter came to life in some form]].]]
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* RevisedEnding: The film's ending is completely different to that of the novella. In-universe, Shooter's main objection to Rainey's supposedly having plagiarized his story is that he changed the ending, and wants him to change it back to his original ending. [[spoiler:Of course, the latter is related to the former.]]
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* RevisedEnding: The film's ending is completely different to that of the novella. In-universe, Shooter's main objection to Rainey's supposedly having plagiarized his story is that he changed the ending, and wants him to change it back to his original ending. [[spoiler:Of course, the latter is related to the former.]]
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Mystery writer Mort Rainey is severely depressed and in the middle of a divorce. He’s been holed up in his cabin for weeks when one morning John Shooter from Mississippi arrives and accuses Mort of plagiarizing his short story "Sowing Season". Shooter demands retribution. Mort insists he wrote his story first, but makes futile attempts to prove it. He finally tells Shooter he’ll send for a copy of the ''ElleryQueen'' ''Creator/ElleryQueen'' magazine issue in which Mort's story was published, and this will prove his was written first. Shooter agrees this will settle the matter, but while Shooter waits for the magazine to arrive, people begin turning up dead.
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: When Mort Rainey is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: the killer, Sheriff Dave Newsome interrupts Mort's nonchalant casual conversation and bluntly says in a matter of fact tone something to the effect of "Both you and I know what you did. We can't find the bodies, But we'll find the bodies and we'll link you to them. And eventually put you away..]] And of course since he's [[spoiler:a split personality murderer]], Mort was completely confused by the sheriff's out of nowhere comment. Also the locals are completely freaked out by him. So much so the sheriff wanted him to stop coming into town at certain parts of the day. The implications are strong granted, But [[spoiler: the authorities still never found the bodies.]]
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: When Mort Rainey is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: the killer, Sheriff Dave Newsome interrupts Mort's his nonchalant casual conversation and bluntly says in a matter of fact tone something to the effect of "Both you and I know what you did. We that while he can't find the bodies, But we'll find the bodies he knows Mort killed Amy and we'll link you to them. And eventually put you away..Ted.]] And of course course, since he's [[spoiler:a split personality murderer]], Mort was is completely confused by the sheriff's out of nowhere out-of-nowhere comment. Also the locals are completely freaked out by him. So much so the sheriff wanted him Also, Mort is told to stop coming into town at certain parts of the day. day since the locals are freaked out by him. The implications are strong strong, granted, But but [[spoiler: the authorities still never found find the bodies.]]
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* DeadAnimalWarning: Mort's dog is killed with a screwdriver and left as a warning by his StalkerWithoutACrush. [[spoiler: John Shooter is revealed to be in Mort's head the whole time. Mort killed his own dog.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In stark contrast to the novel, the movie ends with the evil personality not only taking over the protagonist near the end, but succesfully murdering his ex-wife and her new husband. He buries them in his backyard and grows a corn field over it. The police can't prove anything without any bodies and Mort consequently remains a free man. The movie chillingly ends the way Mort's own story does, with the murderous main character savouring some cooked corn cobs fertilized by his victims' corpses.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In stark contrast to the novel, the movie ends with the evil personality not only taking over the protagonist near the end, but succesfully murdering his ex-wife and her new husband.lover. He buries them in his backyard and grows a corn field over it. The police can't prove anything without any bodies and Mort consequently remains a free man. The movie chillingly ends the way Mort's own story does, with the murderous main character savouring some cooked corn cobs fertilized by his victims' corpses.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Amy [[spoiler:walking into Mort's completely trashed house is pretty careless to start with.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Amy [[spoiler:walking into Mort's completely trashed house is was pretty careless to start with.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Amy [[spoiler:walking into Mort's completely trashed house is pretty careless to start with, but she tops it of by not warning her lover Ted that a crazed killer is waiting around the corner for him. Saying just one word could have saved them both. with.]]
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''Secret Window'' is a 2004 PsychologicalThriller, starring Creator/JohnnyDepp and John Turturro. It was written and directed by David Koepp, based on the novella ''Secret Window, Secret Gard'' Garden'' by Creator/StephenKing, collected in ''Literature/FourPastMidnight''.
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* WritingAboutYourCrime: [[Inverted. Mort murders two people and disposes of the bodies exactly as it happens in the story he had written.]]
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* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:The narrator is stalked by a psychopath who accuses him of plagiarizing his book, and who attempts to frame him for several heinous crimes. In the climax, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the narrator has been driven to madness over his guilt for plagiarizing a classmate in college, and is unconsciously committing the acts for which he thinks he's being framed. The stalker does not exist outside his own mind (although the novella hedges a bit on this point)]].
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* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:The The narrator is stalked by a psychopath who accuses him of plagiarizing his book, and who attempts to frame him for several heinous crimes. In the climax, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the narrator has been driven to madness over his guilt for plagiarizing a classmate in college, and is unconsciously committing the acts for which he thinks he's being framed. The stalker does not exist outside his own mind (although the novella hedges a bit on this point)]].
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* RealitySubtext: Being an adaptation of a Stephen King novella, obligatory references to alcoholism and drug abuse are present. Additionally, King himself faced several (apparently groundless) accusations of plagiarism prior to writing the novel, including some from [[LoonyFan some rather enthusiastic fans]] who physically threatened him.
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In stark contrast to the novel, the movie ends with the evil personality not only taking over the protagonist near the end, but succesfully murdering his ex-wife and her new husband. He buries them in his backyard and grows a corn field over it. The police can't prove anything without any bodies and Mort consequently remains a free man. The movie chillingly ends the way Mort's own story does, with the murderous main character savouring some cooked corn cobs fertilized by his victims' corpses.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:After Mort murders his ex-wife and her new husband, he succesfully disposes of the bodies. He continues to live in the town while the locals are terrified of him and gets away with his crimes because the police can't prove anything without solid evidence, but the sherrif makes it pretty clear that he damn well knows what Mort did.]]
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* BaitTheDog: Done deliberately with the film version - according to the director, by the time [[spoiler:our protagonist finally snaps completely and kills his ex-wife and her boyfriend]], we were meant to be too involved with him to stop cheering him on.
* CharacterTics: Mort's habit of opening his mouth and clicking his jaw, [[spoiler:which occurs more and more often as he becomes more and more unhinged. [[GeniusBonus This is an actual symptom of schizophrenia]].]]
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: When Mort Rainey is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: the killer, Sheriff Dave Newsome interrupts Mort's nonchalant casual conversation and bluntly says in a matter of fact tone something to the effect of "Both you and I know what you did. We can't find the bodies, But we'll find the bodies and we'll link you to them. And eventually put you away..]] And of course since he's [[spoiler:a split personality murderer]], Mort was completely confused by the sheriff's out of nowhere comment. Also the locals are completely freaked out by him. So much so the sheriff wanted him to stop coming into town at certain parts of the day. The implications are strong granted, But [[spoiler: the authorities still never found the bodies.]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler:TheReveal of who the killer is and what his motive truly is]].
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: When Mort Rainey is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: the killer, Sheriff Dave Newsome interrupts Mort's nonchalant casual conversation and bluntly says in a matter of fact tone something to the effect of "Both you and I know what you did. We can't find the bodies, But we'll find the bodies and we'll link you to them. And eventually put you away..]] And of course since he's [[spoiler:a split personality murderer]], Mort was completely confused by the sheriff's out of nowhere comment. Also the locals are completely freaked out by him. So much so the sheriff wanted him to stop coming into town at certain parts of the day. The implications are strong granted, But [[spoiler: the authorities still never found the bodies.]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler:TheReveal of who the killer is and what his motive truly is]].
* FootDraggingDivorcee: Mort Rainey. It gets to the point where even his wife's new boyfriend is nagging him to get it over with.
* ImaginaryEnemy: [[spoiler:It turns out that the killer is a cross between this and a SplitPersonality of the main character.]]
* ItsBeenDone: The plot revolves around a man threatening Mort for stealing his story, only to find out that Mort ''published'' his story a full two years before he claimed to have written it. [[spoiler:Of course, it all ends up being a moot point when it's revealed the whole thing is Mort arguing with himself.]]
* ItsBeenDone: The plot revolves around a man threatening Mort for stealing his story, only to find out that Mort ''published'' his story a full two years before he claimed to have written it. [[spoiler:Of course, it all ends up being a moot point when it's revealed the whole thing is Mort arguing with himself.]]
* TheKillerInMe: [[spoiler:John Shooter does not exist; he is a schizophrenic hallucination undergone by Mort Rainey to commit acts (murder, arson) Mort could never consciously bring himself to do.]]
* MadArtist: [[spoiler: the main character turns out to be a mad artist (of the 'mystery writer who acts out his own story' type) with SplitPersonality]].
* MessyHair: Mort Rainey's hair was described in one review as looking as though it was combed with an eggbeater.
* PlagiarismInFiction: It's about an author who gets a knock on the door from a stranger who accuses him of plagiarizing a short story he wrote.
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* StandardFemaleGrabArea: The antagonist drags the conscious and struggling female lead along the ground, face-down, ''by one wrist''. No, the villain is not particularly strong; she was just TooDumbToLive.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler:Johnny Depp singing in a quite disturbing little voice "mama's little baby loves shortbread, shortbread..."]]
* StopTrick: Used in the beginning to make it appear that Johnny Depp's character has driven through a parking lot with the camera on the hood and then backed away from said camera in the same shot.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler:Johnny Depp singing in a quite disturbing little voice "mama's little baby loves shortbread, shortbread..."]]
* StopTrick: Used in the beginning to make it appear that Johnny Depp's character has driven through a parking lot with the camera on the hood and then backed away from said camera in the same shot.
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'''Beware of spoilers! This movie has some major plot twists.'''
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* ShoutOut: A possible one to Music/TalkingHeads - at one Mort drives to his wife's house and watches her and her new boyfriend leaving and getting into his car, thinking to himself "This is not my beautiful house. This is not my beautiful wife."
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: Shooter and Mort continually quote the closing lines of Shooter's original version of the story, the meaning of which only becomes apparent at the end. Additionally, Mort continually has flashbacks to when he discovered his wife was cheating on him; only the last of these revealed he [[spoiler: threatened [[spoiler:threatened her and her boyfriend with a gun]].
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''Secret Window'' is a 2004 PsychologicalThriller, starring JohnnyDepp and John Turturro. It was written and directed by David Koepp, based on the novella ''Secret Window, Secret Garden'' by Creator/StephenKing.
Mystery writer Mort Rainey is severely depressed and in the middle of a divorce. He’s been holed up in his cabin for weeks when one morning John Shooter from Mississippi arrives and accuses Mort of plagiarizing his short story "Sowing Season". Shooter demands retribution. Mort insists he wrote his story first, but makes futile attempts to prove it. He finally tells Shooter he’ll send for a copy of the ''ElleryQueen'' magazine issue in which Mort's story was published, and this will prove his was written first. Shooter agrees this will settle the matter, but while Shooter waits for the magazine to arrive, people begin turning up dead.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* {{Adorkable}}: Mort, as demonstrated (only) when the audience gets a brief glimpse of what Mort was like before the divorce.
* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Not a slasher movie, but still fits the trope.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mort.
-->'''Mort:''' Well, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't on the verge of doing [[{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]] dances.
* [[spoiler:DeathByAdaptation: Amy and Ted. In the novella, Mort died instead.]]
* DreamSequence
* {{Foreshadowing}}
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Mort when he [[spoiler: finds out that Shooter isn't a real person, and was he split personality.]]
* KickTheDog: Poor Chico. In the novel, poor Bump.
** Often hits as FridgeHorror for first time watchers because [[spoiler:they tend to forget the dog/cat in the rest of the chaos and then remember at the end that if Mort and Shooter are the same person, then Mort killed his own dog/cat.]]
* LampshadeHanging: Watch the movie again after the [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror]] ending, and you'll see it's all over the place.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Mort's closing monologue to the police sheriff.
* LineOfSightName: Mort believes that Ted is using this trope, noting that the town Ted comes from has the word "Shooter" in it. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Mort himself was making up parts of Shooter's personality from things in his daily life.]]
* MeaningfulName: Shooter's [[spoiler:Shoot Her]].
** Additionally, [[spoiler: "mort" is French for "death", although this may have been unintentional as his full name is "Morton".]]
* {{Metafiction}}: Not a particularly extreme example: it's a film (originally novella) about someone writing a short story.
** More meta: [[spoiler:Mort's split personality may be yet another reference to Stephen King's pen name "alter ego" Richard Bachman.]]
* MostWritersAreWriters: Mort is a successful author suffering from writer's block. As with many King works he is a loose stand-in for King himself.
* NiceHat: Shooter wears one.
* NotProven: The sheriff and by extension the whole town. [[spoiler: Everyone just knows Mort killed at least two people but without solid evidence, there's nothing to be done.]]
* OnceMoreWithClarity: Shooter and Mort continually quote the closing lines of Shooter's original version of the story, the meaning of which only becomes apparent at the end. Additionally, Mort continually has flashbacks to when he discovered his wife was cheating on him; only the last of these revealed he [[spoiler: threatened her and her boyfriend with a gun]].
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Mort and Ted's at the gas station.
* RealitySubtext: Being an adaptation of a Stephen King novella, obligatory references to alcoholism and drug abuse are present. Additionally, King himself faced several (apparently groundless) accusations of plagiarism prior to writing the novel, including some from [[LoonyFan some rather enthusiastic fans]] who physically threatened him.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Ted, Amy's new lover.]].
* RevisedEnding: The film's ending is completely different to that of the novella. In-universe, Shooter's main objection to Rainey's supposedly having plagiarized his story is that he changed the ending, and wants him to change it back to his original ending. [[spoiler:Of course, the latter is related to the former.]]
* RoomFullOfCrazy
* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation: Mort in the film]].
* [[spoiler:SplitPersonality: Mort. The story ends in SplitPersonalityTakeover and TheKillerInMe.]]
* [[spoiler:ThroughTheEyesOfMadness]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Mort is Shooter.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Amy [[spoiler:walking into Mort's completely trashed house is pretty careless to start with, but she tops it of by not warning her lover Ted that a crazed killer is waiting around the corner for him. Saying just one word could have saved them both. ]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mountain Dew and Doritos for Mort. [[spoiler:This has progressed to corn by the end. Yes, this warrants a spoiler.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Mort himself.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Mort Rainey becomes one when it turns out that John Shooter's crimes is of his own doing. Although Mort finally ends up killing his ex-wife and her lover, and his killings stopped.]]
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''Secret Window'' is a 2004 PsychologicalThriller, starring JohnnyDepp and John Turturro. It was written and directed by David Koepp, based on the novella ''Secret Window, Secret Garden'' by Creator/StephenKing.
Mystery writer Mort Rainey is severely depressed and in the middle of a divorce. He’s been holed up in his cabin for weeks when one morning John Shooter from Mississippi arrives and accuses Mort of plagiarizing his short story "Sowing Season". Shooter demands retribution. Mort insists he wrote his story first, but makes futile attempts to prove it. He finally tells Shooter he’ll send for a copy of the ''ElleryQueen'' magazine issue in which Mort's story was published, and this will prove his was written first. Shooter agrees this will settle the matter, but while Shooter waits for the magazine to arrive, people begin turning up dead.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* {{Adorkable}}: Mort, as demonstrated (only) when the audience gets a brief glimpse of what Mort was like before the divorce.
* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Not a slasher movie, but still fits the trope.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mort.
-->'''Mort:''' Well, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't on the verge of doing [[{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]] dances.
* [[spoiler:DeathByAdaptation: Amy and Ted. In the novella, Mort died instead.]]
* DreamSequence
* {{Foreshadowing}}
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Mort when he [[spoiler: finds out that Shooter isn't a real person, and was he split personality.]]
* KickTheDog: Poor Chico. In the novel, poor Bump.
** Often hits as FridgeHorror for first time watchers because [[spoiler:they tend to forget the dog/cat in the rest of the chaos and then remember at the end that if Mort and Shooter are the same person, then Mort killed his own dog/cat.]]
* LampshadeHanging: Watch the movie again after the [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror]] ending, and you'll see it's all over the place.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Mort's closing monologue to the police sheriff.
* LineOfSightName: Mort believes that Ted is using this trope, noting that the town Ted comes from has the word "Shooter" in it. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Mort himself was making up parts of Shooter's personality from things in his daily life.]]
* MeaningfulName: Shooter's [[spoiler:Shoot Her]].
** Additionally, [[spoiler: "mort" is French for "death", although this may have been unintentional as his full name is "Morton".]]
* {{Metafiction}}: Not a particularly extreme example: it's a film (originally novella) about someone writing a short story.
** More meta: [[spoiler:Mort's split personality may be yet another reference to Stephen King's pen name "alter ego" Richard Bachman.]]
* MostWritersAreWriters: Mort is a successful author suffering from writer's block. As with many King works he is a loose stand-in for King himself.
* NiceHat: Shooter wears one.
* NotProven: The sheriff and by extension the whole town. [[spoiler: Everyone just knows Mort killed at least two people but without solid evidence, there's nothing to be done.]]
* OnceMoreWithClarity: Shooter and Mort continually quote the closing lines of Shooter's original version of the story, the meaning of which only becomes apparent at the end. Additionally, Mort continually has flashbacks to when he discovered his wife was cheating on him; only the last of these revealed he [[spoiler: threatened her and her boyfriend with a gun]].
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Mort and Ted's at the gas station.
* RealitySubtext: Being an adaptation of a Stephen King novella, obligatory references to alcoholism and drug abuse are present. Additionally, King himself faced several (apparently groundless) accusations of plagiarism prior to writing the novel, including some from [[LoonyFan some rather enthusiastic fans]] who physically threatened him.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Ted, Amy's new lover.]].
* RevisedEnding: The film's ending is completely different to that of the novella. In-universe, Shooter's main objection to Rainey's supposedly having plagiarized his story is that he changed the ending, and wants him to change it back to his original ending. [[spoiler:Of course, the latter is related to the former.]]
* RoomFullOfCrazy
* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation: Mort in the film]].
* [[spoiler:SplitPersonality: Mort. The story ends in SplitPersonalityTakeover and TheKillerInMe.]]
* [[spoiler:ThroughTheEyesOfMadness]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Mort is Shooter.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Amy [[spoiler:walking into Mort's completely trashed house is pretty careless to start with, but she tops it of by not warning her lover Ted that a crazed killer is waiting around the corner for him. Saying just one word could have saved them both. ]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mountain Dew and Doritos for Mort. [[spoiler:This has progressed to corn by the end. Yes, this warrants a spoiler.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Mort himself.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Mort Rainey becomes one when it turns out that John Shooter's crimes is of his own doing. Although Mort finally ends up killing his ex-wife and her lover, and his killings stopped.]]
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